Previously, work done by the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) has shown that the term ‘survivorship’, which has traditionally been…
The UK top research priorities for living with and beyond cancer
'By 2030 four million people in the UK will be living with the long-term consequences of cancer, but currently there…
Professor David Harrison appointed CM-Path Chair
'The NCRI are pleased to announce that Professor David Harrison has been appointed to the CM-Path Chair position as of…
Interview with Prof David Sebag-Montefiore, new chair of NCRI’s CTRad
'David Sebag-Montefiore is an academic clinical oncologist at the University of Leeds and an honorary Clinical Oncologist at the Leeds…
CTRad’s Top 10 achievements
'NCRI’s CTRad celebrated its tenth year anniversary in 2019. To mark the occasion CTRad’s Executive Group identified the top 10…
The SMALL study for treating early-stage breast cancer
'The SMALL study is a phase 3 clinical trial, receiving over £2.3M in funding from the NIHR HTA, designed to…
The number one achievement over ten years of NCRI’s CTRad
'NCRI’s Radiotherapy Research Group (CTRad) is one of NCRI’s flagship initiatives and this year we are celebrating its ten year…
Investigating kinder treatments in head and neck cancer
'PATHOS is a trial investigating kinder treatments for head and neck cancer patients. It looks at treatment after surgery for…
Benchmarking radiotherapy research excellence
'Historically there have been no widely accepted methods by which to evaluate the quality of radiation oncology research programmes. Between…
Driving collaboration in radiotherapy research through the STFC Global Challenge Network+
'In this blog post, Karen Kirkby, Professor of Proton Therapy Physics at the University of Manchester and The Christie NHS…
The journey of TORPEdO – the UK’s first proton beam therapy clinical trial
'Dr David Thomson, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Christie Hospital in Manchester is the Chief Investigator for the TORPEdO (TOxicity…
Celebrating ten years of NCRI’s Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Group
'NCRI’s Radiotherapy Research Group (CTRad) is one of NCRI’s flagship initiatives and this June we are celebrating its ten year…